The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-10
DEFEATED BY THE GIANTS
Another Lost Game that the IndiaDap-
oils Club Had a Good Chance to Win.
Denny Makes Another Home Run, and Glass
cock and Bassett Do Fine Work-0ther
League and Association Games.

The indianapolis club started out at a win
hing gait in yesterdays game with the New
York team. and until the sixth inning scenes to
cave an encouraging chance to add another vic
Tory the few that it is credited with. But. as
usual, the visiting club did better play
Ing in the last half of the game and
same out ahead. The defeat may be
explained in several ways, but the principal
cause OF it was that there were only three men
In the home club who could hit the ball They
might have made one or two more runs il there
had been the right kind of coaching. Shomberg
was put out for overrunning third base on the
advice Of coacher, and Arundel was caught
between second and third through the
same cause. Two errors by Polhemus were
responsible for at least two of the
runs scored By the visitors, and at least one
more run was given to them by unfair de-
sision Of the umpire Valentine the regular
League umpire. on account of the pain he suf-
fered from his injured arm, left the field in the
second inning, and after much parleying, Kesfe.
the New York pitcher. was allowed
60 take his place Mr.. Keefe evidently
tried to do about the fair thing, but in all
doubtful cases his decisions were in favor of his
own club, and in at least two instances he was
rankly unfair. Had he given Indianapolis the
benefit of doubts the New York club would still
have been ahead, but it would have made some
difference in the score and would have been
less discouraging to the players.
Glasscock and Bassett did some brilliant field
Ing for the home club while Shomberg Glass
cock and Denny did all of the batting for the
team with the exception of a single hit made by
Arundel. WEIGH pitched very effectively for the
New ork club, but his admirable support in the
field did much to keep down the record of hits
off of his delivery. Gore and Tiernan made
several very fine catches. while Ward did some
Really. brilliant work short-stop.
Glasscock opened the game by knocking
swift liner into center field, but he was forced
out Immediately afterwards by Seery. Denny
aud Shomberg followed with hits filling the
bases Polhemus knocked the ball to Conner,
who pitched it easily to WEIGH on first base.
The latter was too sure of making put out and
allowed the ball to get away from
his error. In the third inning Indianapolis
made two more runs on Glasscock's hit, followed
by his stealing second, scratch hit by Denny
and three base hit by Shomberg, who, through
bad coaching, ran over the base and put
out. The fifth and last run was made by Denny.
who knocked the ball over the fence in the sixth
inning and ran leisurely around the bases. 1t
tied the score at that stage of the game and
brought the captain several contributions OF
silver from the grandstand.
The New York clubs first run was made in
che second inning, when Conner made a base hit,
but was forced out at second by Ewing, who
was also fairly put out on a double play, but
Wns allowed to hold his base. A hit by WEIGH
gave Ewing q chance to score. Three runs were
made in the next inning scratch hit by
Gore, a single by Ward. two ba gger by Connor.
in trying to cut off Ewing. who was
given first base called balls In the fifth
inning scored Polhemus's
muff Of fly from Conner and hits by Ewing
and Gillespie. In the sixth WEIGH made
home run after three strikes had been called
on him, and two more runs were made by Gore
getting first base called balls and stealing
second single by Herman and two-bagger
by Connor. Two more runs were added in the
eighth inning on a three base hit By Herman
and singles by Ward and Conner. The story 8
told in figures as follows: